The RTX 4070 is a Budget GPU?

[burndowntheworld]

I still consider 3060 ti as mid to high end just to not hurt my feelings

[smpletn]

Man I remember when the GTX 1080 was the most expensive gpu on the market at 500 dollars and still was an absolute bargain

[DrZoomer]

It’s harder to classify because 1) the relative and actual pricing has gone absolutely bananas 2) the last generation cards from both Nvidia and AMD are still very relevant 3) the 40 series and even some of the 7000 series cards didn’t offer much of a boost at all generation over generation

[mcohanov]

All dependent on region, you westerners can buy those gpus, but where I am for regular person a 4080 is a dream and nobody even thinks of 4090, something like GTX-1600 series is considered mid range and RTX 4060 is a mid-high end, it's all about prices and salary

[NES]

I'm here still running a 970. It just wont die, I bought it at launch more or less. It's gonna be 10 years old in a couple of weeks. Older than my three nephews.

[filipprochazka]

We're getting pretty close to "having a dedicated GPU is sorta high end".

[gameboy]

It's cuz the performance in recent games determine if the gpu is budget or high end, not the own company's lineup. So if 4070 is capable of 1440p gaming in this era, then it's on the high end side

[selamer-]

As someone whos still using a gtx 960
Man im dead

[BxrfIip]

Just because the model number the company happened to assign the card is in the ‘middle’ does not make it a mid range card. You have to compare the performance of all the cards on the market.

The components market is pretty efficient: generally speaking, you get what you pay for.

So, considering that the 4070 is a $600 card, yes, it’s high end.

[troybateson]

I have a gigabyte wind force 4070 and I play all games in 4K typically on ultra settings, as long as you turn shadows and reflections down a bit you can almost always run 120 fps pretty smoothly.

[Sci-Mon]

Getting a used previous gen card is honestly the way to go. You save hundreds of dollars and get really good performance.

[no-mhft]

I used to play on integrated graphics on Ryzen 5 2600h and thought that a 3060 was very high end. I now have ryzen 5 7600 and a 7800xt and couldn’t be happier

[rajivbhuarya]

Bro 4070 is like 720$ in my country 💀💀

[ShortClips]

4070 performs like a 1060.1070 was a beast at that time

[cameronnazarko]

I used to build PCs for a living. I went to Best Buy to look at new parts, and walked out with an iBuyPower prebuilt because the value you’re saving nowadays is unbelievable:

i7 14th gen, 4060, 1TB NVM.E, 32 GB DDR5 [$1049.99]

I bought a 1070 ti for $350 5 years ago, for an already $950 computer. I ended up giving this entire PC to my friend who never had a gaming PC because it would cripple me to see the value I’d get for it now.

[Siegemelon]

With all the inflation problems, Lvidia is still raising prices unreasonably while saying moores law is dead.

[Mr.TarunSingh-ln]

i saw a build which was "high end" but when i checked the specification it has a rx 570 and ryzen 5 3600, it was a hilarious moment

[Kitsunian]

I sadly bought a 4070 then a month later 4070 super came out honestly its still a huge upgrade from my decafe year old laptop i worked hard for it and im enjoying my pc!

[birbman]

We have to consider that the standard for gpus has gone up considerably too. The 4070 still isnt gonna have many issues with the most demanding titles despite being “middle of the pack”

[trog]

As part of my HP custom build, the included 3080 cost about $700. That was an incredible "value" at the time. I love the card and it's been very good to me for ultrawide (3440x1440) gaming in easy-to-run games like FO4/The Witcher 3/Skyrim/etc.